International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 7

Anti corruption movement: students’ participation and motivational factors

  • Author:
  • G.C. Vinodh Kumar, R. Rajesh
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • Page Number: 54 to 67

*Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Davangere University, Davangere-577002, India

**Professor, Department of Sociology, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560056, India.

Online published on 30 December, 2015.

Abstract

Corruption is an evil in all parts of the human world which has ceased the opportunities for the lower sections of the society and has created a huge stratification within the class, caste and gender. Movements has taken place from many centuries in the human society but the existence of corruption is been seen in one or the other from. This all development in the society has direct impact on younger generations where the future generations may face the problems. In India anti-corruption movement has been existed from long time but it has only satisfied small issues and created small rules in the front picture but in the backyard the existence of corruption is present in different forms. Recently a movement took place in India where a huge number of supporters were present. Large number of young generations took part in the movement got a good response in the society. This paper attempts to analyze the motivational factors responsible for the students’ participation in anti-corruption movement held in Bangalore city. The paper is based on primary source for collecting the data and analyzed using SPSS, secondary sources are used to support the literature.

Keywords

Anti-Corruption Movement, Corruption, Media, Motivation, Socio-Economic Index